Australian shares closed higher. Today’s scoreboard. S&P ASX 200. 5,760.70 +40.09 +0.70% All Ordinaries. 5,812.90 +41.31 +0.72% AUD/USD. 0.7669 +0.0003 +0.04% More »     

Though Twitter is clearly Donald Trump's preferred social media platform, Instagram comes in a close second. The president -- who goes by @realdonaldtrump on Instagram -- has been on the photo-sharing site since April 2013, posting photos of his family, himself posing...

Chinese commodity futures are continuing to soar on Monday, following the near-unbelievable gains recorded on Friday. It's incredible, as shown the half time scoreboard from Monday's trading session. More »     

It's summer in Australia, a period when property market activity tends to slow. But not in 2017, and certainly not in Sydney. It's not just the weather that's been hot lately in Australia's biggest city -- the housing market is scorching, with auction clearance rates...

1. Facebook's Australia and New Zealand region boss has stepped down. Managing director Stephen Scheeler left the company last week for reasons that have not been publicly revealed. The departure follows global criticism of the social media giant for inflating its vid...

Cards in pink and red, candy hearts, and boxes of chocolate line the shelves of stores, waiting to be purchased by lovebirds for their Valentine. But if that doesn't describe your current state this year -- and you want that to change -- we've got you covered. M...

The Perth-based Lucapa Diamond Company has found another massive diamond, this time a 227 carat gem, the second largest ever found in Angola and worth millions of dollars. More »     

Sporting a white pantsuit and a "resist" armband, Katy Perry gave the first major political performance of the 2017 Grammys Sunday night while doing her song "Chained to the Rhythm." More »     

Adele gave an incredibly moving performance in honour of the late George Michael at the 2017 Grammys Sunday night, but she had a vocal slip-up that led her to stop and restart the performance mid-song, leaving viewers puzzled. More »     

Thousands of people are being evacuated from towns downstream of the Oroville Dam in California as a section shows signs of giving way. "It's uncontrolled. It's uncontrolled," Department of Water Resources spokesman Chris Orrock said, when asked how much water could b...

In an interview with CNBC in November 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk joined a growing list of tech executives who support universal basic income as a possible solution to the widespread unemployment automation will likely cause. More »     

Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs COO and President Donald Trump's National Economic Council head, is working on a variety of economic matters for the President according to a new profile of his role, but also a big health-related issue. the repeal of Obamacare. ...

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Raviv Turner likes to tell the story of his startup CaliberMind thusly. "Two former Israeli intelligence operatives walk into a bar..." The real story is a little more boring; Turner met cofounder Oren Zamir during their time in the Israeli intelligence services, it's...

With the New England Patriots' win in Super Bowl 51, Tom Brady cemented his legacy as the greatest quarterback ever, a status made even more improbable if we consider where his career started. More »     

Ivanka Trump inventory on Macy's website seems to be shrinking. The retailer's website currently shows 25 items in the apparel category for the First Daughter's brand, down from 45 items late last week. More »     

The week leading up to Valentine's Day is typically one of the busiest for online dating services -- meaning if you're signing up or logging on in the next few days, it will be harder than ever to stand out. More »     

National Security Council staff members are using President Donald Trump's tweets as a guideline for policy. The apparent reason. Their boss, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, has failed to provide them with an "orderly flow of council documents" briefing them ...

A paying member of President Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, took photos of the moment Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was surrounded by Trump aides during dinner to be briefed on North Korea's missile test on Saturday. More »